Gavin Newsom: “The USDA has never done this in the past.”

“What do you say to those 5 million Californians who are afraid their families are going to go hungry and they want Democrats to get together with Republicans and reopen? I think it's a disgrace. The USDA has never done this in the past. They said they have a contingency fund for precisely this moment. They said just a few days ago, on November 30, rather September 30, that the contingency fund exists for a moment like this, a likely government shutdown.” (05:58–06:01)

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